tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33409496.post6248631685858259466..comments2008-08-04T16:07:45.247+09:00Comments on My So-Called Japanese Life: Gifts For StudentsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33409496.post-75560961474898800822007-12-22T23:56:00.000+09:002007-12-22T23:56:00.000+09:00very nice. wouldn't have minded being your student...very nice. wouldn't have minded being your students. :-)linahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17273605189937933589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33409496.post-26802860078029981072007-12-22T20:56:00.000+09:002007-12-22T20:56:00.000+09:00Those sound like really cute gifts. I haven't been...Those sound like really cute gifts. I haven't been giving out gifts as I have about sixty students, but when I left my last school I made about the same amount of hand-made cards. Even if I say so myself, they were gorgeous and the students really appreciated them and you can imagine the time they took. I was really pleased to have done it though.<BR/><BR/>Today I was given some beautiful flowers and an odd little assortments of things which apparently will keep me warm. I haven't quite got to the bottom of waht they do yet, but I'll let you know.Emskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695482838326498180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33409496.post-62416952619590468262007-12-22T18:23:00.000+09:002007-12-22T18:23:00.000+09:00How fun! That is a great little gift, especially f...How fun! That is a great little gift, especially for co-workers. I have always been interested in the Japanese custom of gift-giving as thank yous. It seems so unique and such a pleasant thing. Perhaps I am blind or have bad perception or just stereotyping, but it seems that the Japanese people are just generally nice...at least outwardly. I think it is great that you and your hubby would do something such as this...it shows that you care. If only more people did this.<BR/><BR/>The ladies in Accounting have give out little goodie bags to me around Valentines and Easter, and it is always fun to see what kind of candy and other treats they have for me. They say that I deserve it for all the crap they put me through. The thing is that their problems are always legitimate, unlike so many others. :)<BR/><BR/>My company recently instituted a "Random Acts of Kindness" program, where every month a few random people around the company are given some tchotchkes and candy and such. It is great fun, totally unexpected...as to who and what they will get...and always something great like chocolate candies, low-value gift cards, pens and calendars and such.<BR/><BR/>It really can be the little things in life that are precious and remembered.badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.com